Is Chrome The Worst Browser Ever?

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June 2010 – Is Google’s Chrome the worst browser ever? It isn’t the worst ever, but it is the worst browser today. I originally took a look at Chrome on its release in 2008, and after recently reading a few glowing reviews, I decided to take another look at it. In 2008, I found the browser fast, but crashy and lacking in features. Now, in 2010, little has changed. Installation was quick and problem free. Chrome even did an excellent job importing my Links Bar from Firefox – I was impressed. It still seems to be fast at rendering pages.

Now the bad. I had heard a lot about how Chrome now has extensions ‘just like Firefox’, so I tried to find extensions similar to the six extensions that I use with Firefox, I could find only one of the six. Strike one!

Very few things in Chrome’s interface can be customized by the user. Buttons cannot be added or removed. The tab bar cannot be repositioned (even with an extension). For a tweaker like me, this Apple-like, our way or no way attitude is a major negative. Strike two!

I was unable to test on a Mac because Chrome is only available for OSX 10.5 and later. Lastly, I again found crash problems. Crashes occurred on only one of two Windows XP systems that were tested, indicating a possible software conflict on the suspect pc, but since no other applications on that pc have crash issues, that is strike three – Chrome, you’re out!

Also, Chrome has always tauted its ability to isolate a crash to the lone offending tab. I have never observed this behavior; when it chrashes, all tabs and the browser go down.

Chrome does make sense on netbooks, where its speed and light weight are big positives. However, with screen real estate scarce, Chrome’s lack of customization is even more painful. Why can’t the Download Bar be disabled?

Chrome may be a good choice if you want a no-frills browser, but I will not be using it. I still prefer Firefox for all of the customization that it offers. I even rate Internet Explorer slightly above Chrome, although I won’t be using IE either. Hopefully, my next review of Chrome will be more positive.Download Chrome HERE

15 Responses to “Is Chrome The Worst Browser Ever?”

Well I cant stand google search or google chrome,,they both are ncrap,,crap,,half the stuff I look for on either it will not find websites,,,I try hours tryinr to finfd info on stuff it cant find,,i switch to my other computer and use internet explorer or yahoo,,find what I was looking for in a matter of seconds ,,and I hate the put there crap search stuff on smart phones and try to make it were u cant uninstall ,,they are crap,,just like there os,,and the chrome junk books

Years later and Chrome is still the biggest piece of shit to ever enter the browser market. On a daily basis Chrome decides it no longer knows how to run a secure connection. Just another failed Google idea to throw on their pile of crap and garbage they keep spewing out in the hopes of stealing more personal information from us. Fuck you, Google, and fuck your worthless browser.

I think that Chrome is very, very bad, because it works as it feels like working. I just had problems with loading youtube. I tried several times: it just couldn’t load more than 50% of the page’s content and completely refused to load comments. I restarted it and then it was fine. What the fuck is up with this piece of utter garbage.

Chrome may not be the worst browser, but it matches the dumbest browser ever. IE8 is far better than Chrome. Today I was using search and chrome would NOT allow to read Google Groups blogs, while with IE and FF I could.
So what else does Chome forbid to read ?
When a Home page of Chrome gets hijacked it’s a pain to get rid off, while with Firefox it takes a few seconds.

You obviously are no a web developer… IE6, 7, 8 are the worst. Chrome, FF and Operah are pretty good browsers, at least their behaviour is not random as in IE they run js pretty well. Safari uses almost the same engine as Chrome…

You may be right. I gave the new 64 bit IE9 a test yesterday and it is a complete mess. It reminded me why I quit using Internet Explorer several years ago. I plan to give Chrome another look in the near future – possible a head-to-head with Firefox 4.

Obviously Bob is an Idiot !! Safari blows the doors off Chrome and is almost as Good as Firefox, although personally I believe Opera is far away the cleanest, and the fastest WC3 net.2 compliant browser there is.